| Show r A r I DAYS OF MORO PIRATES ENDED Et DED dolo Jolo Tribesmen Must D Dt Bf Good or Be Exterminated LOATH TO GIVE UP WAYS Warlike Inhabitants of the tho Philippines Object to Any Form of Government Many Killed In n the Most MOlt Recent Revolt Re Re- volt volt Have Have Always Alway Given Trouble 4 ta Washington Once Once more has the stubborn untamed Moro Mom had a forcible demonstration of ot the fact tact that where Uncle Sam sets his foot toot law and order must prevail Under the command of Brigadier General John Pershing U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S A. A governor f the Moro provinces of ot the Philippines and commander of the tho military department of Mindanao the American forces have hae dislodged a n r rebellious band from their fortified position position po po- po- po i and scattered them through the jungle General Pershing characterized the fighting which ended in the w t i Ini yF I y J fr TYPICAL HOBO ISono ment meat of ot the Moros as the fiercest since the American occupation of ot the Is Is- lands Yet th the American forces came out of ot the struggle with less than a score as the total of ot killed and wounded wound ed while the Moros lost a n great many of their then number In the successive engagements engagements en en- covering a n three days' days pe pe- Only their flight Into the recesses of ot the hills where they make their homes bomes saved them from extermination Had they not persisted like the fanatics ics Ica that they are in throwing themselves themselves them them- selves upon the weapons o of the American American American Ameri Ameri- can troops scores of ot the Moros Mores lost inthe In Inthe Inthe the fighting would now be comparatively comparatively safe sate with their brethren in the woods The Moros have always given trouble trouble trou trou- ble to every one who has ever bad had anything any thing to do with them They are not now and never have bave been rebels in the political sense of ot the Yo word ord rd They do donot donot not object to the American government as such but rather to the idea of any government They stubbornly refuse to recognize any ruler or any law except except except ex ex- ex- ex that of ot their own sweet will The recent trouble grew out of ot the decision reached by General Pershing that the Moro must bow to civilization sufficiently to give up his arms In Inthe Inthe Inthe the nearly two years since this decision was reached all tb the Moms Moros In the other islands have brought in their arms r received re r compensation for tor them and turned Into the paths of peace If all of them have bave not taken up Industry they have haye ut at least gone as far as their ancient traditions will permit toward earning a a. living by other methods than by piracy and robbery Continued repudiation of pledges and breaking of ot promises by the Moros negotiating negotiating negotiating ne ne- with General Pershing were followed by tLe the fortification of an extinct extinct ex extinct ex- ex volcano near Jolo Job General General General Gen Gen- eral Pershing then determined that In InJustice Injustice injustice justice to the Mores Moros who had peacefully peacefully peacefully peace peace- fully given gien up their arms It was necessary necessary sary to crush out the opposition In Jolo Job Accordingly be he assembled his tor forces force and when all was ready stormed stormed storm storm- ed and took the Moro Ioro positions The Moros Moms who vho participated in the thelast thelast thelast last with Uncle Sam are really the of their generation They cannot forget the days when to tobe tobe tobe be a a Moro Ioro was to be superior to all law either that of ot the natives or that of ot the tho white man They cannot forget forget torget for tor- get the days of ot theIr piracy when scores of ot Moro sailboats ravaged the hipping of ot the entire Philippine archi archi- pelago Much less can they accept the dictum of or the white man who says that the Moro Ioro must henceforth stay at home and pursue the weary round of ot n agriculture culture or fishing or ors at least If it he must wander that the rifle the bolo the creese Se the barong and the spear pear must he be K left leCt behind This Moro Ioro has bas none but hut profound contempt for those of hl his tell tribesmen esmen who have quiet quiet- y submitted t to the new order of ot thin things J I i |
